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| November 2, 2016
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WATCH: PM Netanyahu tells Italian President Sergio Mattarellan, ‘Israel is the problem’

 

view videoPM Benjamin Netanyahu tells Italian President Sergio Mattarellan the conflict isn’t about settlements, it “was and is about the Jewish state, and unless and until our Palestinian neighbors face this, confront these demons, give up the ghost of trying to destroy the Jewish State by this or that means, peace will be harder to achieve.”

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

The Palestinians must exorcise the “demon” of wanting to destroy the Jewish state Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting Italian President Sergio Mattarella when the two met in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning.

“I [have] turned not only to Hamas, but to President Abbas, and I said, ‘Would you recognize a Jewish state, assuming we solve the settlement problem?’” Continue Reading »

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| September 26, 2016
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Trump tells Netanyahu: Jerusalem is eternal capital of Jewish people

 

view videoDonald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to the two candidates’ first debate Monday, hinting of a possible move of the US embassy to Jerusalem, ‘the undivided capital of the State of Israel.’

By Associated Press

 

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be meeting separately with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday in sessions that could set the tone for relations between the allied countries during the next presidential administration.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu – Photo: Kobi Gideon, Israel’s GPO

Trump met Sunday with Netanyahu for over an hour at his residence in Trump Tower in Manhattan, according to Israeli and campaign officials. Continue Reading »

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| September 23, 2016
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Netanyahu’s address to UN General Assembly: Speech – text highlights and video

view videoIn UN speech, Prime Minister Netanyahu invites Abbas to address Israel’s Knesset in Jerusalem; slamming “moral farce” of UN’s bias, said, “road to peace runs through Jerusalem & Ramallah, not New York.”

By DANIELLE ZIRI

 

NEW YORK – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to come “speak to the Israeli people at the Knesset in Jerusalem,” during his speech to the United Nations  in New York on Thursday,

In return, he offered to “gladly come to speak peace with the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah.”

“The road to peace runs through Jerusalem and Ramallah, not New York,” Netanyahu said. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2016
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UN Chief rebukes Netanyahu ‘ethnic cleansing’ remark as “unacceptable & outrageous”

 

UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon rejects PM Netanyahu’s claim that Abbas is seeking ‘ethnic cleansing,’ saying that it is in fact the settlements that are the major obstacle to peace.

By Itamar Eichner & Reuters

 

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed his deep concern over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks, in which he described Palestinian President Mahnoud Abbas’ refusal to allow Jews to live in a future Palestinian state as “ethnic cleansing”.

Interpreting abbas-advocating-apartheidNetanyahu’s words to mean that anyone who opposes expanding the settlements supports the ethnic cleansing of Israelis, Ban stated that his response to Abbas was “unacceptable and outrageous,”.

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| September 2, 2016
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Israel’s PM considers entry of ICC reps into Israel, West Bank for public relations

 

CONFIRMED: PM Netanyahu is considering allowing Int’l Criminal Court representatives to come to Israel and the West Bank for a visit, and not for gathering ‘evidence’.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

Multiple senior government sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering allowing International Criminal Court representatives to come to Israel and the West Bank.

The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague. – Photo: REUTERS

The trip would be for public relations in order to educate the Israeli public about the ICC and not to gather evidence regarding the 2014 war or the settlements. Continue Reading »

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| September 2, 2016
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On First Day of School Israel’s PM Tells Kids to Study Bible, Seek Coexistence

On the first day of the new school year, PM Netanyahu has an important message for both Jewish & Arab children, ‘First of all, study the Bible….We are meant to live together.’

By Israel Today Staff

 

Much to the delight of parents, the new school year has begun in Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had two related messages for students: study the Bible and seek peaceful coexistence.

Earlier this week, Netanyahu told his cabinet that he wants to “carry out an education revolution based on two things: excellence and Zionism.”

Central to achieve that is the study of the Bible, the prime minister insisted. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2016
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WATCH: Israel PM Netanyahu appeals directly to Abbas to ‘join effort’ for peace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu records open video message in English, with Arabic subtitles to Palestinian leader, pleading with him to end policy of incitement and to make peace and utilize the millions in aid assistance for the betterment and wellbeing of his people.

By i24news

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday shared a new video in which he addresses Palestinian Authority President directly imploring him to denounce terrorism and work towards peace.

“President Abbas,” the video opens, “Since over the past several years, you refused to meet me and sit down and negotiate peace, I hope you’ll hear this message.” Continue Reading »

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| July 15, 2016
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Netanyahu: Many Arab countries now regard Israel as an ally, not the enemy

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu says rise of radical Islam has brought Israel closer to important Arab states in the region; “Advancement of relations with the Arab world could help to promote a sober & stable peace between us and the Palestinians.”

By Lilach Shoval & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Countries in the region understand that due to the rise of radical Islam, whether it be the Shiite Islamic extremism of Iran or the Sunni Islamic extremism of the Islamic State group, Israel is not an enemy, but rather an ally … against this common threat that endangers us all,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday at a National Security College graduation ceremony in Glilot, just north of Tel Aviv. Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2016
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WATCH Iraqi cleric: ‘Netanyahu, gives orders to ISIS, rulers of America, Europe’

 

view videoIn a TV interview translated by MEMRI, Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad Al-Kubeisi said Netanyahu “holds the remote control” and “gives orders to all the rulers of America, Europe, and elsewhere.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A prominent Iraqi cleric has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being the driving force behind the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.

In a recent TV interview translated by MEMRI, Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad Al-Kubeisi said that ISIS was an asset in the hands of Netanyahu, who “holds the remote control” and “gives orders to all the rulers of America, Europe, and elsewhere.”

He also said that the Jews are the masters of the land today and that none of the ISIS fighters “are even circumcised.” Continue Reading »

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| June 18, 2016
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Are Netanyahu & Liberman Planning a Historical Move?

 

Is Israel’s Prime Minister merely positioning to remain in power, or is Netanyahu, as his confidants hint, really prepared to make a dramatic move for peace?

By LESLIE SUSSER

 

IMMEDIATELY AFTER Avigdor ’s swearing in as Israel’s new defense minister in late May, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the hitherto hawkish Yisrael Beytenu leader took pains to show the world just how dedicated they are to Middle East peacemaking and a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

Netanyahu and Liberman – Photo: AMOS BEN GERSHOM, GPO

“I am committed to achieving peace with our neighbors the Palestinians and with all our neighbors,” Netanyahu insisted, intimating that the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002, which promises normalization with the Arab world in the event of peace with the Palestinians, could be the basis for a major regional peace move. Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2016
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WATCH Netanyahu’s speech: Millions of children are taught that Jews are children of apes & pigs

view videoNetanyahu’s speech lamented the moral failure of countries, institutions and leaders by sitting quietly, allowing anti-Jewish sentiments to be disseminated unencumbered throughout the globe.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

Children throughout the Middle East have been brainwashed to believe that Jews are akin to apes and pigs and should be killed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

‘Hatred against the Jewish people is so routine in the Middle East that many in the West fail to notice it, let alone condemn it,” Netanyahu said.

He delivered a pre-recorded brief address to the fifth annual Jerusalem Post Conference in New York on the danger of verbal and visual incitement against Jews, particularly on the Hamas run Al-Aksa television. Continue Reading »

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| May 9, 2016
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Law Center NGO threatens legal action against Netanyahu for inaction over PA incitement

 

Shurat Hadin has accused Netanyahu, as PM & acting communications minister, of facilitating PA incitement to lethally attack Israeli citizens by inaction and dereliction of duty, in allowing Palestinian airwaves open to maintain it’s regular incitement.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center on Sunday threatened to sue Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government if he does not shut down incitement by the Palestinian Authority that it complains is being broadcast via Israeli airwaves.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends a meeting of the Likud party in the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem. – Photo: REUTERS

Under the 1990s Oslo Accords, the government allocated broadcast frequencies to the PA for radio and television network broadcasts. Continue Reading »

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| April 10, 2016
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Israel’s PM warns of ongoing Palestinian incitement planned to disrupt Pesach

 

PM Netanyahu warns of Raed Salah and a recent resurgence in videos & messages posted on Palestinian social media about alleged harm that Israel is doing to change the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order to ignite further armed confrontations against Israelis.

By Natasha Rowland

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned that there are ongoing attempts to reignite dwindling tensions in Jerusalem ahead of Pesach, particularly surrounding the Temple Mount.

Convicted of incitement, Sheikh Raed Salah of the radical northern wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, spewing more lies and hate at a demonstration in the town of Kfar Kana, northern Israel, in May 2015 – Photo: AHMAD GHARABLI /AFP

Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu pointed the finger at the leader of the banned northern branch of the Islamic Movement, Raed Salah. Continue Reading »

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| January 7, 2016
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Ex-U.S. Middle East envoy Martin Indyk fabricated conversation about Netanyahu

 

Former American Mid-East envoy Martin Indyk claimed Israel’s PM Netanyahu told him at Yitzhak Rabin’s funeral, “If he had not been assassinated, I would have beaten him in the [1996] elections.”
• Likud: Not a new incident. Indyk never stops slandering & defaming Netanyahu.

By Shlomo Cesana, Yoni Hersch, Mati Tuchfeld & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Former U.S. Middle East envoy Martin Indyk lied twice about a supposed conversation he had with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, a Prime Minister’s Office official said on Wednesday.

The spat involving Indyk began following the airing of a PBS Frontline program about Netanyahu that aired on Tuesday.

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| December 1, 2015
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Netanyahu acknowledges Israel is active in Syria

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu said the IDF is working to keep Iran from opening yet another front against Israel, in the Golan Heights.
• Opposition leader Herzog accuses Natanyahu of diverting funds meant for the Negev & Galilee to West Bank settlements.

By Attila Somfalvi

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Tuesday that Israel operates in Syria. “We’re operating in Syria from time to time in order to stop the country from becoming a front against Israel,” he said at the Galilee Conference in Acre.

Netanyahu at the Galilee Conference – Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO

“We’re operating against another terror front that Iran is trying to build in the Golan, and in order to thwart the transfer of particularly deadly weapons from Syria to Lebanon. Continue Reading »

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